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Jack Hillen

#38 · Defence · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Jan 24, 1986 in Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA · 5'10", 190 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Schultz WSH · 6 P in 54 GP Andreas Lilja PHI · 6 P in 46 GP Henrik Tallinder NJD · 6 P in 39 GP Matt Hunwick COL · 6 P in 33 GP Jeff Woywitka NYR · 6 P in 27 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

051015202007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 21 points2109-102010-11: 22 points2210-112011-12: 6 points611-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 5 points514-15

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 NYI 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 0.50
2008-09 NYI 40 1 5 6 -9 16 47 28 0.15
2009-10 NYI 69 3 18 21 -5 44 78 38 0.30
2010-11 NYI 64 4 18 22 -5 45 81 54 0.34
2011-12 NSH 55 2 4 6 6 20 51 42 0.11
2012-13 WSH 23 3 6 9 9 14 28 10 0.39
2013-14 WSH 13 0 1 1 -4 4 12 10 0.08
2014-15 WSH 35 0 5 5 1 10 20 33 0.14 $700K
2014-15 CAR 3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00
8 seasons Career 304 13 58 71 -8 157 324 221 0.23

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 NSH 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.00
2012-13 WSH 7 0 1 1 -4 6 7 5 0.14
2 seasons Playoffs 9 0 1 1 -3 8 8 5 0.11

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 2 4 6 6 20 51 42 0.11 3.9 14:04

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $700K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2011-12 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement494th of 680 skaters, 157th of 235 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.5 60th percentileEven-strength defence-1.7 23rd percentilePower play+0.0 80th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 50th percentilePenalties-0.3 57th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

45.4Corsi for %583 attempts for, 702 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Expected goals for %24.9 expected for, 28.2 against
-2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.9Goals for %29 for, 22 against
103.1PDO9.1% shooting + 94.1% saves
110Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonathon Blum · Jack Hillen21134:5245.453.43-2
Jack Hillen · Ryan Ellis13119:3856.446.85-4
Kevin Klein · Jack Hillen23117:0544.836.14-3
Francis Bouillon · Jack Hillen2288:0040.560.35-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.8Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt78th
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Game 40Expected 2.8Goals 2

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 @ COL W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:59
Mar 22, 2012 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:44
Mar 18, 2012 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:16
Mar 17, 2012 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 16:20
Mar 15, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:16
Mar 12, 2012 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:37
Mar 3, 2012 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:37
Feb 28, 2012 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:51
Feb 27, 2012 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:42
Feb 11, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:22
Jan 31, 2012 @ MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:48
Jan 24, 2012 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:46
Jan 23, 2012 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:14
Jan 21, 2012 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 20:04
Jan 19, 2012 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:59
Jan 17, 2012 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:06
Jan 16, 2012 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:27
Jan 5, 2012 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:46
Jan 1, 2012 vs CGY W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:01
Dec 30, 2011 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:26
Dec 28, 2011 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:28
Dec 26, 2011 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:37
Dec 23, 2011 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:06
Dec 22, 2011 vs CBJ W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:34
Dec 20, 2011 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:43
Dec 17, 2011 vs STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:43
Dec 15, 2011 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:37
Dec 13, 2011 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:13
Dec 10, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:32
Dec 8, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:27
Dec 6, 2011 vs PHX L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:19
Dec 3, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:23
Dec 1, 2011 @ VAN W 6-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:56
Nov 29, 2011 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:13
Nov 28, 2011 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:12
Nov 26, 2011 @ DET L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:56
Nov 23, 2011 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:15
Nov 22, 2011 vs EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:07
Nov 19, 2011 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:02
Nov 17, 2011 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:47
Nov 15, 2011 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:38
Nov 12, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:33
Nov 9, 2011 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:02
Nov 8, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:47
Nov 5, 2011 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:19
Nov 3, 2011 @ PHX W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:12
Oct 31, 2011 @ CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 11:42
Oct 29, 2011 vs ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:12
Oct 27, 2011 vs TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 12:03
Oct 25, 2011 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:28
Oct 22, 2011 @ CGY W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:52
Oct 17, 2011 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:02
Oct 15, 2011 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:51
Oct 8, 2011 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:58
Oct 7, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:19